Lawmakers Override Bevin’s Veto of Mental Health Law
FromĀ The Courier-Journal: Last week, Kentucky's General Assembly voted to overturn Governor Matt Bevin's veto of Tim's Law, a mental health law that allows a...
3 Transition Obstacles as Mentally Ill and Transgender
In this piece for Everyday Feminism, Sam Dylan Finch discusses the oppression and obstacles he has experienced as a trans person in the mental...
United Nations Statement Criticizes Medicalization of Depression on World Health Day
"There is a need of a shift in investments in mental health, from focusing on 'chemical imbalances' to focusing on 'power imbalances' and inequalities"
Mental Illness Isn’t the Only Reason for Suicide
FromĀ The Age:Ā Most public discussion and media portrayals of suicide assume that suicide is solely the result of mental illness such as depression and anxiety....
Continuity of Social Groups Helps Prevent Postpartum Depression
Mothersā loss of group membership impacts their social identity and linked to postpartum depression.
Group Plans Protest Against the World Congress of Psychiatry
The International Association Against Psychiatric Assault (IAAPA) plans to protest against the World Congress of Psychiatry this October. The IAAPA considers it a "provocation"...
The People with Psychosis Embracing the Voices They Hear
In this piece for Vice, Laetitia Laubscher discusses the Hearing Voices Network, a non-medical approach to hearing voices and experiencing extreme states.
"...a key goal...
Majority of Pediatric Antidepressant Industry Trials Considered Low Quality
Meta-analyses including studies that detail these trials could be presenting misleading information.
Precarious Jobs Scar Employees’ Mental Health: Survey
From theĀ Toronto Star:Ā According to a new survey of more than 4,000 workers by the Ontario Federation of Labor, precarious jobs can have a significant...
Professionals Push Back on Psychiatric Diagnostic Manual, Propose Alternatives
Criticisms of the DSM-5 spark alternative proposals and calls to reform diagnostic systems in the mental health field.
Depression, Anxiety, PTSD: The Mental Impact of Climate Change
FromĀ CNN: The growing climateĀ change crisis is leading to various types of trauma, including increased natural disasters, economic loss for farmers, and forced migration, all...
10 Life Lessons I Learned as a Psychiatric Nurse and Patient
In this piece for Wake Up World, Cortland Pfeffer shares 10 life lessons he learned from his experience as a psychiatric patient, a recovering...
Racism as a Public Health Threat
FromĀ Medical Xpress:Ā Racism is a majorĀ public health issue that is correlated with physical and mental health problems including depression, high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, breast...
Baycrest Creates First Canadian Brain Health Food Guide
FromĀ Medical Xpress:Ā Baycrest scientists have developed the first Canadian Brain Health Food Guide, which provides older adults with guidelines and advice on maintaining a healthy...
Infamous 1960s Study Repeated: How far Would you go to Obey?
FromĀ Live Science:Ā Stanley Milgram's infamous experiments on the science of obedience to authority figures were recently repeated with very similar results. Participants showed a high...
This Article Won’t Change Your Mind
From The Atlantic: For some people, believing false information is not a result of low intelligence or lack of education, but the desire to...
Researchers Make Recommendations to Improve FDA Transparency
Organizations, advocates, scholars, and practitioners had a chance to give feedback regarding FDA processes.
The General who Went to war on Suicide
FromĀ Politico Magazine:Ā Having struggled with depression and suicidal thoughts himself, Major General Dana Pittard developed a unique approach to suicide prevention in the military: expanding...
Black man Labeled with Schizophrenia Boiled to Death
From theĀ Miami New Times: On June 23rd, 2012, four corrections officers at Dade Correctional Institution kept Darren Rainey, a black man labeled with schizophrenia,...
Girl in Facebook Live Hanging was Prescribed Antidepressant
From theĀ Miami Herald:Ā Naika Venant, a 14-year-old girl who died by suicide this past January, had been prescribed Zoloft, an antidepressant with a black box...
Medical Studentsā Racial Biases Lead to Failure to Adequately Treat Patients
False beliefs about biological differences between races are associated with a failure to provide recommended pain treatments to Black people.
The Power Thinker
In this essay for Aeon, Kolin Coopman explores the impact and legacy of Michel Foucault.
"It was a bio-power wielded by psychiatrists and doctors that,...
Is Facebook a Structural Threat to Free Society?
FromĀ TruthHawk: Facebook's technology has an unprecedented ability to surveil and manipulate people.
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Long-term Usage of ADHD Drugs Linked to Growth Suppression
Findings suggest that treatment not only fails to reduce the severity of āADHDā symptoms in adulthood but is associated with decreased height.
Marijuana and Suicide
A new three-part series fromĀ Parents Opposed to Pot explores the link between marijuana and suicide.
Part 1: Marijuana and Suicide, a Growing Risk for Our...
